in the heart of Somerset
A number of young trees raised at The Old Rectory, Swell are available for a donation to the Parish Churches of St Catherine’s, Swell and St Martin’s, Fivehead. The walnuts are very slow growers but long lived; their parent reached the age of approx. 250 years. The Clerodendrum (see photo above) will reach … Read more
The Rev Laurie Burn has created a marvellous book of the ‘Birds of Somerset’ he photographed over the past months. In future Laurie’s photobook will be available via the ‘Gallery‘ page in the top menu.
Ecclesiastical insurance will donate £130 to our church for every new home insurance policy taken out with them. Interested? Then read on …….
Fivehead War Memorial Rededication – see todays Somerset County Gazette
Ecclesiastical insurance will donate £130 to our church for every new home insurance policy taken out with them. Interested? Then read on …….
We are renovating our War Memorial in Fivehead having been awarded a grant from the War Memorials Trust and will be holding a rededication ceremony at 2.30pm on Saturday 26th May 2018. This will be the centenary of the last Fivehead man to have been killed in the First World War. We are … Read more
In Memoriam Today we remember (Edward) John Sawtell, known as Jack, who died at the Battle of Mount Sorrel* on 14th June 1916. Jack was born in Fivehead but emigrated to Canada in 1912 with his younger brother Herbert, when he was just 16. The rest of the family followed a year later and lived … Read more
